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Re:I can only think that modern front end development has fa... by goatinaboat on Sunday April 04, 2021 @02:50PM (#26691845)
You write some simple HTML, style it with CSS, and write vanilla JS for the parts that need it, and everything feels solid.

Bootstrap + jQuery on the front end, Flask or similar with CherryPy on the backend. SQLite or Postgres if you need it. That will handle 99.9% of websites, it will be cheap and easy to develop and host, and deliver a great experience to the end user.

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Re:I can only think that modern front end development has fa... by azangru on Sunday April 04, 2021 @07:19PM (#26693699)
> Bootstrap + jQuery on the front end

Why? CSS can do layout with grids and flexboxes just fine, while es6 plus the modern browser api are as ergonomic as jquery. Why pull these dependencies from a decade ago?

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Re:I can only think that modern front end development has fa... by goatinaboat on Monday April 05, 2021 @03:04AM (#26696104)
CSS can do layout with grids and flexboxes just fine

I never bothered to learn CSS is why. Bootstrap looks good and consistent with what users expect and requires almost zero effort to use.

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